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SEC. 4226. The preceding section shall not be deemed to operate 

 upon unregistered vessels, owned by citizens of the United States, 

 and carrying a sea-letter, or other regular document, issued from a 

 custom-house of the United States, proving the vessel to be American 

 property. Upon the entry of every such vessel from any foreign 

 port, if the same shall be at the port at which the owner or any of 

 the part owners reside, such owner or part owners shall make oath 

 that the sea-letter or other regular document possessed by such ves- 

 sel contains the name or names of all the persons who are then the 

 owners of the vessel; or if any part of such vessel has been sold or 

 transferred since the date of such sea-letter or document, that such is 

 the case, and that no foreign subject or citizen has, to the best of his 

 knowledge and belief, any share, by way of trust, confidence, or other- 

 wise, in such vessel. If the owner or any part owner does not reside 

 at the port or place at which such vessel shall enter, then the master 

 shall make oath to the like effect. If the owner or part owner, where 

 there is one, or the master, where there is no owner, shall refuse to 

 so swear, such vessel shall not be entitled to the privileges granted 

 by this section. 



SEC. 4227. Nothing contained in this Title shall be deemed in any 

 wise to impair any rights and privileges which have been or may be 

 acquired by any foreign nation under the laws and treaties of the 

 United States relative to the duty on tonnage of vessels, or any other 

 duty on vessels. 



TITLE L. REGULATION OP VESSELS IN DOMESTIC COMMERCE. 



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SEC. 4364. Whenever any vessel, licensed for carrying on the fish- 

 ery, is intended to touch and trade at any foreign port, it shall be the 

 duty of the master or owner to obtain permission for that purpose 

 from the collector of the district where such vessel may be, previous 

 to her departure, and the master of every such vessel shall deliver 

 like manifests, and make like entries, both of the vessel and of the 

 merchandise on board, within the same time, and under the same 

 penalty, as are by law provided for vessels of the United States 

 arriving from a foreign port. 



SEC. 4365. Whenever a vessel, licensed for carrying on the fisheries, 

 is found within three leagues of the coast, with merchandise of for- 

 eign growth or manufacture, exceeding the value of five hundred 

 dollars, without having such permission as is directed by the pre- 

 ceding section, such vessel, together with the merchandise of foreign 

 growth or manufacture imported therein, shall be subject to seizure 

 and forfeiture. 



SEC. 4366. The master of every vessel employed in the transporta- 

 tion of merchandise from district to district, that shall put into a 

 port other than the one to which she was bound, shall within twenty- 

 four hours of his arrival, if there be an officer residing at such port, 

 and she continue there so long, make report of his arrival to such 

 officer, with the name of the place he came from, and to which he is 

 bound, with an account of his lading; and every master who neglects 

 or refuses so to do shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars. 



